Electric-light fixture



Aug. 11,1925. 1,549,432

A. A. BEIDELMAN ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURE Filed Aug. 27. 1923 ALVIN A. Balm-:1. MAN

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UNITED STATES ALVIN BEIDEL ALZN. OF LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

ELECTl-"filC-LIGHT FIXTURE.

Application filed August 27, 1923.

To all .0120122 it may concern:

Be it known that I. An [N A. l a citizen oi the United States. at Los Angeles. in the county ol" Los f gcles and State of California. have inrcne. a new and useful Electric-Light Fixture. oi which the following is a speeilication.

This invention relates to d cs u'ed to cover and connect the connections and lampsoeltet t0 the ceiling.

One 01 the objet s ot this invei'ition is to provide a canopy for chandeliers so designed that it can he placed around Finished connections of lights.

Another object ii to pro i le the cising or housing of electric light ll" of a form to be easily remoreil and the connection; between a l-mp-socltet and the Wall or ceiling without repairing; a

turbing ot the finished conhections or the connected lamp-socket.

Other objects will appear f om the following description and a pa-nied claim as well from the zrccom mnying (ll'lUYlllgjj. in which-- Fig. l is a. fragmentary midsectional ricw of the main supportin; parts of a chandelier embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a tragnnentai midsectimnil view of a canopy of slightly modiiied term. illustrating: the upper edge turned in. instead of being turned outwardly as illustrated in Fig. l. in order to facilitate a conncctim: of such a canopy to a ceiling; or wall by the necessary closing movement or action of a canopy of this type.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the moditied form of canopy structure as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a cross section on line P 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross section on line of Fig. 1. illustrating two halves of the tunlar portion ot the device simply abutting one against the other.

Fi (5 is a cross section similar to the one of Fig. illustrating one of the halrcs provided with an m'erlappin g edge in each of the joints to ove lap the edges of the ad- 5 .ing: half.

For connecting the lights of a chandelier, it is the common practice to draw wires through the chandelier. securing one end of the chandelier to the all or ceiling. and curing or even embodying the lamp or lightsockets to the other end of the chandelier.

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Y arrangemen the wires from ly the dist-on cli:i7'-.aleliec ire l the ceiliigi" lea mg l'lEt cltaiidelier with limit or iii-F a ".uda t on the. wires to he e.-.an1ine l.

'lo m i e the co :ne tioin, easily ac cc silile in practically t ieir whole lengths.

the principal point in View of this iniention to make the canopy and other in- "losing parts of such chandeliers remorn Fig. l. the canopy T is made ot indiual parts clamped together. two part lenn; shoun In this illustration. but it wil can' be raider-stood that the canop may be [113.(lt? of more sections. lla (ltt'lt on two sections. these mar. of course.

c in even hale. or one larger and rnother smal er section. l

' fine. is indicated ne caimp'l I" i n abutti The up er cda'e of is tr. lied outwardly to form a llai by means of which the ranopy may l cured to a ceiling. wall. 7 olhei rilliimlliilgf base.

. itiy modified form of attaching. "is for the upper edge of the canopy is 5 rated in Figs 2 and il. lilaltine' the canopy in sections. to be drawn together. closing morement in drawing the several sections of a canop together can he used to altach the canopy to a sup 'iortin base. For this reason and purpose. the upper edge of the canopy is in this slightly modiiied form turned inwardly. to form the llange indicated at 10. This flange ll) is provided with a suitable number of cutouts 11. so that. by drawing the several sections of the canopy together, the flanges 10 with the cutll can be engaged with screws 1' other :milac engaging means on a supporting so. so as to secure or attach the cano])y to :h a base. as a ceiling or wall.

The tubular member 12 in Fig. l is of common form. to connect the canopy 7 with the ligrht-supporlim: termination of the chzmdelier.

ll. light-supporting termination of a chandelier is made of so many different forms that it is in'ipossihle to illustrate them here. and such forms are not very Inatcrial in this case. since most of such forms embody some kind of central portion. attachable to the tubular men'iber ot the chanof such central portion bei i.

The tubular member 12, too, is In'efcrably made in sections, in order to be applicable over the sides of the wire connections, in similar manner aset forth above in regard to the canopy. The tubular member may also be made of halves or any other suitable number sections, and of sections of any suitable form as long as the sections can be applied around the wire connections. In Fig. 5, the two halves of a tubular member are made of equal size and with even edges, to abut against each other as indicated at 14. in l 1g. 3, the one half 15 is of simple semiv rculn ""F- when while the half l1} turn proi'n 'h overlapping edgesli', so that tue l 'in be en a ed over tue edges of t b b h.

ie half 15 The entro y is made to engage in a similar manne an l, of course, too, may be made to simply abut in the joints of the several sec tions, or 1112 v be made to overlap in a similar manner as ll trated in Fig. 6.

The individual sections are preferably c-sninected by inserted bolts as illustrated in Figs. 1 and J. The bolts 18 are threaded at both ends, as indicated at 19. The nuts 20 are set and adjusted on the bolts to abut against the inside of the sections, and the nuts 21 are tightened against the outside of the sections. Double nuts can, of course, be used on the inside, in order to allow a locking of the nut 20 in adjusted position. \Vhen once adjusted, the inner nuts 20 tend to support the sections in a desired form, round or otherwise, as will easily be understood With out further illustration or description. As soon as the outer nuts 21 are removed, the sections can be removed from the chandelier so that the inclosed \vires b come easily accessible.

As illustrated, the bolts are preferably bent, so that inclosed wires may pass straight tlllULgll the device.

The canopy 7 provided with an extension-end :0, as illustrated in Fig. l, by which the inclosed wires may be supported or sus pended within the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In an electric light lixture, a chandelier embodying canopy and connecting members made in longigudinally divided sections hav ing thei' adjoining edges following the directions oi inclosed wires and adapted to be applied over the sides of the inclosed \YllQS, and bolts disposed crosswise through the sections for maintaining the sections in a desired form having a bent portion disposed wi hin the and following the inner contour of the structure to leave a central passage for wires.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALVIN A. BEIDELMAN.

Witnesses O. H. KRUEGER, E. HATTENBACH. 

